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Private prisons: U.S. states ranked (2023)

Measure: Private prisons. All 43 states with data in State prisoners held in private prisons and local jails, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2023.

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Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated
2026-11-03
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National value: 7.1 (United States).

Washington: 0Idaho: 6.1Montana: 48.7North Dakota: 14.4Minnesota: 0Michigan: not in this tableOhio: 13.9Pennsylvania: 1.1New York: 0Vermont: 9.4New Hampshire: not in this tableMaine: not in this tableArizona: 28.5California: 0New Mexico: 29.2Texas: 6.6Louisiana: 0Mississippi: 11.5Alabama: 0.8Florida: 13.3Georgia: 15.2South Carolina: 0.5North Carolina: 0.1Virginia: 4.5District of Columbia: not in this tableMaryland: 0Delaware: not in this tableNew Jersey: 8.5Connecticut: 4.8Rhode Island: not in this tableMassachusetts: not in this tableOregon: 0Utah: 0Wyoming: 24.8Nevada: 0Colorado: 15.7South Dakota: 1.1Nebraska: 0Kansas: 0Oklahoma: 12.3Iowa: 0Missouri: 0Wisconsin: not in this tableIllinois: 1.2Kentucky: 4.3Arkansas: 0Tennessee: 27.2West Virginia: 0Indiana: 15.5Alaska: 7.4Hawaii: 22.2

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 0 to 0 %
  • Group 2: 0 to 0.8 %
  • Group 3: 0.8 to 6.6 %
  • Group 4: 6.6 to 15.2 %
  • Highest: 15.2 to 48.7 %
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

1Montana48.7
2New Mexico29.2
3Arizona28.5
4Tennessee27.2
5Wyoming24.8
6Hawaii22.2
7Colorado15.7
8Indiana15.5
9Georgia15.2
10North Dakota14.4
11Ohio13.9
12Florida13.3
13Oklahoma12.3
14Mississippi11.5
15Vermont9.4
16New Jersey8.5
17Alaska7.4
18Texas6.6
19Idaho6.1
20Connecticut4.8
21Virginia4.5
22Kentucky4.3
23Illinois1.2
24Pennsylvania1.1
24South Dakota1.1
26Alabama0.8
27South Carolina0.5
28North Carolina0.1
29Arkansas0
29California0
29Iowa0
29Kansas0
29Louisiana0
29Maryland0
29Minnesota0
29Missouri0
29Nebraska0
29Nevada0
29New York0
29Oregon0
29Utah0
29Washington0
29West Virginia0

Source: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Prisoners in 2023 – Statistical Tables (NCJ 310197), table 14. Reference period: 2023.

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U.S. states ranked by private prisons (2023). Data: U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, Prisoners in 2023 – Statistical Tables (NCJ 310197), table 14; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-03. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-private-prisons/

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